Author: Hiram Martin ChittendenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The American Fur Trade of the Far West
Author: Hiram Martin ChittendenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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The American Fur Company
Author: William Munn ColbyThe American Fur Trade of the Far West
Author: Hiram Martin ChittendenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The American Fur Company, 1817-1827
Author: William Conkey PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The American Fur Trade of the Far West
Author: Hiram Martin ChittendenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
2 volume set located in Southwest Collection.
Calendar of the American Fur Company's Papers: 1841-1849
Author: Grace Lee NutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Author: Eric Jay DolinPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010 Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan Award Winner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place "A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." —Los Angeles Times As Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What became immediately apparent, however, from the Indians clad in deer skins and "good furs" was that Hudson had discovered something just as tantalizing. The news of Hudson's 1609 voyage to America ignited a fierce competition to lay claim to this uncharted continent, teeming with untapped natural resources. The result was the creation of an American fur trade, which fostered economic rivalries and fueled wars among the European powers, and later between the United States and Great Britain, as North America became a battleground for colonization and imperial aspirations. In Fur, Fortune, and Empire, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was "get the furs while they last." Beavers, sea otters, and buffalos were slaughtered, used for their precious pelts that were tailored into extravagant hats, coats, and sleigh blankets. To read Fur, Fortune, and Empire then is to understand how North America was explored, exploited, and settled, while its native Indians were alternately enriched and exploited by the trade. As Dolin demonstrates, fur, both an economic elixir and an agent of destruction, became inextricably linked to many key events in American history, including the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, as well as to the relentless pull of Manifest Destiny and the opening of the West. This work provides an international cast beyond the scope of any Hollywood epic, including Thomas Morton, the rabble-rouser who infuriated the Pilgrims by trading guns with the Indians; British explorer Captain James Cook, whose discovery in the Pacific Northwest helped launch America's China trade; Thomas Jefferson who dreamed of expanding the fur trade beyond the Mississippi; America's first multimillionaire John Jacob Astor, who built a fortune on a foundation of fur; and intrepid mountain men such as Kit Carson and Jedediah Smith, who sliced their way through an awe inspiring and unforgiving landscape, leaving behind a mythic legacy still resonates today. Concluding with the virtual extinction of the buffalo in the late 1800s, Fur, Fortune, and Empire is an epic history that brings to vivid life three hundred years of the American experience, conclusively demonstrating that the fur trade played a seminal role in creating the nation we are today.
The American Fur Trade of the Far West
Author: Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803263208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Epic in sweep and reach, strongly written and superbly researched, The American Fur Trade of the Far West is a classic if there ever was one. Its publication in 1902 made clear how much the fur trade was "indissolubly connected to the history of North America." Chittenden brought to this enduring work an appreciation of geography and a feeling for the lives and times of colorful trappers and mountain men like Manuel Lisa, William H. Ashley, the Sublette brothers, Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, and Kenneth McKenzie. He provided a comprehensive view of the fur trade that still remains sound. Volume 1 of the Bison edition includes the organization and financing of the fur trade and a detailed history of the major American companies operating in the trans-Mississippi West to the year 1843.
The American Fur Company Trading Post
Author: Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Author: State Historical Society of WisconsinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
After 1855 the society's annual reports were included in its Proceedings.